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enBement ready to move forward with volleyball co-ophttp://www.journal-republican.com/news/2018-12-19/bement-ready-move-forward-with-volleyball-co-op.html
<p class="western">The Bement school board is ready to expand its cooperative sports agreement with neighboring Cerro Gordo, and has sent a proposal to its co-op partner to add volleyball to the list of teams the two districts combine forces for.</p>
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<p>Fourth down stops</p>
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<p class="p1">Sage fans large and small, young and old, Monticello natives and transplants alike united to fill Memorial Stadium the day after Thanksgiving, standing the entire game in rainy conditions to root the Sages football squad to victory.</p>
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<p class="western">The football team in Monticello is good. Very good. Very, very good.</p>
<p class="western">The Sages are outstanding. Fantastic. Record-setting.</p>
<p class="western">And, so far, Monticello has been unmatched.</p>
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<p>Without discussion, the Bement school board unanimously approved six cooperative sports contracts with the Cerro Gordo school district at a special meeting on April 25. </p>
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<p>Fifteen-year-old Laney Felter, daughter of Mark and Tracey Kaufman of Cisco, and 14-year-old Cal Spence, son of Kendra Spence and Bob Spence of Monticello, competed at the International Miniature Rodeo Association World Finals the week of January 15-21 at Jim Norick Arena in Oklahoma City.</p>
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<p>The Bement Foundation hopes high school baseball will return to the Bement ball field next spring, even if it means contracting a firm to finish the renovation job that started five years ago.</p>
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<p class="p1">It has been a steady climb for the Monticello football program under head coach Cully Welter.</p>
<p class="p1">Since going 5-5 in his second season at the helm, Welter has guided the Sages to progressively more wins in five of the last six years. Monticello reached nine wins in 2013 (for the first time since 1997) and 10 wins in 2015.</p>
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<p>More than 36 hours have passed since the Monticello boys' basketball team returned home behind the escort of flashing lights and blaring sirens of a fire truck.</p>
<p>If the players, coaches and fans haven't yet come down off the high of a last-second super-sectional upset, they better hurry. The clock is ticking toward a new challenge.</p>
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<p class="p1">Monticello picked up two wins at Bismarck on Thursday, 52-18 over the Blue Devils and 39-38 over Westville/Georgetown-Ridge Farm.</p>
<p class="p1">Douglas Nisly-Nagele won both of his bouts at the 138-pound class. The junior won a 7-2 decision against Bismarck-Henning and pinned his opponent against W/G-F in 4 minutes, 36 seconds.</p>
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<p class="p1">The Monticello Middle School seventh grade boys’ basketball team completed its run through the Okaw Valley Conference tournament last week, defeating Meridian 26-22 in the championship game to earn the title.</p>
<p class="p1">Thomas Swartz scored eight points and pulled down eight rebounds for the Sages who outlasted the Hawks in a back-and-forth contest Thursday.</p>
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<p>After a brief closed session, the Cerro Gordo school board on Dec. 21 accepted the resignation of seven-year football coach Andy Kerley. No reason was given by the board or Robinson. He will continue in his teaching role at Cerro Gordo Junior/Senior High School.</p>
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<p>Monticello won a football game 36-0 Friday night, improving the Sages' record to 6-0 and securing a playoff birth for the eighth straight season.</p>
<p>But that's not the story.</p>
<p>Junior tailback Lucas Lieb ran hard, finishing with 127 rushing yards on 12 carries, including a 13-yard touchdown.</p>
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